Improvement in siding-gages



L. B. INGoLn.

SIDING-GAGE'S. No.184,081. Patented N0'v.7,1a76.

' V gNvENTQR ATTO R N EY @were LAURISTON B. INGOLD, OF LIBERTY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SlDlNG-GAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lldl, dated November 7, 1876 application led July 28, 1876.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, LAURISTON BONAPART- INGOLD, of Liberty, in the county of Clarke and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siding-Gages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

. which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichfform a part of this specification.

Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a view ofthe upper end of the gage. Fig. 4 is a View ofthe lower end of the gage.

My invention relates to a siding-gage, constructed as hereinafter described.

A is the bar of a common gage, providedwith a measuring-scale. B is the slide-block,

lprovided with a set-screw, C, at the top, and

of the board. E is a plate provided with aV slot, e, in the upper part, and spur o at the lower end, and is-iitted in a recess in the upper end of the bar A, and attached to the bar by a screw through a hole in the plate, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. F is a spring-wire holder, attached to the bar A at a', provided with a coil-sprin g, F', and the upper part extends through the slot e in the plate E, and sufficiently above that plate to support, in an upright position, the unnailed board. This wire holder is held laterally by the plate E, and it is made with a sufficient nurnber of coils to furnish the requisite strength .and spring to be readily adjusted to receive and hold in place the unnailed board. The lever D is pivoted to the side ofthe bar A, and near enough to its end to extend the bearing-arm d beyond the end of the bar for the purpose of folding the lever down parallel with the bar, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2, when the tool is used for a common gage, in which lcase the spring-wire holder E is removed from the gage.

In using this tool for a siding-gage, the lever D being turned down, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, and the sliding block adjusted at the required position, the blade d is inserted under the edge of the top board, and the lever is then turned up, as shown in Figs. 2 vand 4, pressing the bearing-arm d' against the surface ofthe lower board, throwing outward the lower end ot' the bar, and

forcing the spur c, at the other end of thebar, i

into the upper' part of the top board, and the next board to be nailed is then placed in position, with the lower edge resting on plate E,

and the board held upright by the wire hold LAURISTDN BON APART INIGOLD.

Witnesses GEO. W. WILsoN, D. D. WILsoN. 

